Apologizing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making an apology.

    "There were appeals and apologizings and beseechings then, but they were on the other side and he did not respond; something was frozen away inside that never unthawed in the heat of their renewed association."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of apologize form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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alibialibi out ofapologiseapologize forask forgivenessbeg indulgence

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"Some people have difficulty apologizing."

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